单词 | serial marriage |
释义 | > as lemmasserial marriage serial marriage n. (each of) a series of successive (typically short-lived) marriages; the action of marrying repeatedly. ΚΠ 1970 A. Toffler Future Shock xi. 223 Serial marriage—a pattern of successive temporary marriages—is cut to order for the Age of Transience. 1993 New Yorker 20 Sept. 90/1 I was told of one Name whose vivid taste for serial marriage was finally quenched when, anticipating possible losses, he put all his assets in his wife's name. 2003 New Republic 24 Mar. 23/2 Heterosexual relationships..also span the gamut—from traditional, lifelong monogamy to serial marriages and multiple divorces. < as lemmas |
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